Here Are The Best Employers In Pennsylvania, According To Forbes

PENNSYLVANIA — Forbes has released a new list that identifies the best employers in Pennsylvania. The best employer in Pennsylvania is Carnegie Mellon University, Forbes said.

Costco Wholesale and ConocoPhillips were the only companies taking the No. 1 spot in more than one state, according to Forbes. Among the companies that appear in the top 100 in many states include FedEx, which appears in 27 states, and Amazon, which appears in 23.

School districts and colleges hold the top spot in eight states. Hospitals and health care systems were the top employers in five states.

According to Forbes, the best Pennsylvania employers are:

1. Carnegie Mellon University
2. Federal Reserve System
3. Hershey's
4. Penn Medicine
5. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
6. Teleflex
7. Prudential Financial
8. SAP
9. Apple
10. Hilton
11. Penn State Health
12. Wegmans Food Markets
13. FedEx
14. University of Pennsylvania
15. United Concordia
16. Dell Technologies
17. Lehigh University
18. Vanguard
19. Philips
20. TJX Companies
21. Johnson & Johnson
22. Merck & Co.
23. Pennsylvania State University
24. WellSpan Health
25. Geisinger Health System
26. Best Buy
27. Sanofi
28. Evangelical Community Hospital
29. Fulton Bank
30. University of Pittsburgh
31. FIS
32. Google
33. Siemens
34. US Steel
35. Quest Diagnostics
36. Temple University
37. Marriott International
38. Chick-fil-A
39. Lehigh Valley Health Network
40. Starbucks
41. Moody's
42. Coca-Cola
43. Northwest Bank
44. Truist Financial
45. Exelon
46. Dow
47. State Farm
48. Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment
49. Domtar
50. Temple University Hospital
51. Whole Foods Market
52. Procter & Gamble
53. United States Department of Defense
54. Erie Insurance
55. Land O'Lakes
56. Sheetz
57. St. Luke's University Health Network
58. Abington School District
59. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
60. Hallmark Cards
61. Target
62. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
63. GlaxoSmithKline
64. Drexel University
65. East Penn Manufacturing
66. Talbots
67. Amtrak
68. Msa Safety
69. Cigna
70. Thermo Fisher Scientific
71. Lockheed Martin
72. AmeriHealth Caritas
73. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
74. Choice Hotels International
75. PNC Financial Services
76. Wawa
77. Air Products & Chemicals
78. Guardian Life Ins. of America
79. Nordstrom
80. Home Instead Senior Care
81. Pfizer
82. Microsoft
83. Cerner
84. STV Group
85. Bank of America
86. ICON
87. Select Medical Holdings
88. Farmers Insurance
89. Main Line Health
90. Aramark
91. UGI
92. ALDI
93. PPG
94. Allstate
95. Allegheny Health Network
96. Ascena Retail Group
97. Independence Blue Cross
98. American Airlines Group
99. WesBanco
100. Amazon

Forbes said it worked with Statista to come up with the rankings. An anonymous survey consisting of 50,000 Americans working for businesses with at least 500 employees was used to come up with the rankings.

You can read more about the methodology and see the full rankings here.